Kirman carpet (cotton warp and weft, wool pile), Southeast P - Lot 203

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Kirman carpet (cotton warp and weft, wool pile), Southeast P - Lot 203
Kirman carpet (cotton warp and weft, wool pile), Southeast Persia, circa 1940 358 x 265 cm The carpet is decorated with a double central medallion in navy blue and ivory, extended by two pendants on a raspberry background enhanced by an elegant polychrome stylized floral decoration. The whole composition is decorated with four spandrels. A navy blue border with a garland of flowers is framed by numerous counter-borders The city of Kirman is isolated, which prevented it from playing an important role in the Sassanid period. Sassanid era but spared it from being pillaged by the Mongols. Its name, given in 928, means "place of war". Carpet weaving was encouraged during the Sevid period, but was interrupted at the fall of the dynasty. It resumed only in the nineteenth century, and the offices of European carpet merchants opened there little by little. little by little. Around 1920, the city opened to the American market. The wool of these carpets, which comes from neighboring cities and sometimes from Khorassan, is soft and white and and was hand-twisted until 1950. Kirman is also famous for its wide variety of with fifteen to thirty different shades. Kirman carpets are often decorated with intricate floral of very intricate floral patterns. Bibliographical reference : SABAHI, T - " Splendors of the carpets of the East " - Ed. Atlas, Paris- 1987- p. 165 to 169 Wear and tear
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